Weather-guard



H. H. SCHROYER. WEATHER GUARD. ArlLlCATlON FILED AUG- 1s,- 1911.

1,335,395, Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

R 1 Y (X) IQ 0 i HARRY H. SCHROYER',

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DUNBAB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent; Patented M31130, 1920.

Application filed August 15, 1911. Serial No. 644,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather- Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sliding windows, and has for its object to provide an improved weather guard construction for the same adapted yieldingly to hold the window sash from rattling, and to prevent the passage of dust and moisture between the sash and its frame. I

More specifically, the invention embodies the combination of a guard plate. on the window frame, a cover plate on the sash overlapping said guard plate, and a resilient means disposed between said sash and guard plate to hold said guard plate and cover plate in close relation, the .window sash otherwise fitting loosely in its frame, so as to have some inward and outward play, whereby said resilient means may be free to force the sash inward to accomplish said result.

In the accompanying drawing 1 Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken through the lower sash and the frame of a car window, and illustrates one embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a slightly modified construction.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary central vertical section of a car window and frame as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating another embodiment of my invention.

In the said drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes the window sill, 2 the inner sill, and 3 the side jambs of a car window,

' the latter having secured thereon the inner curtainstops i and the outer window stops 5, as usual. In the construction illustrated in Figs; 1 and 3, the inner window stop 6 (which is also the outer curtain stop) is secured intermediate said inner and outer stops 4 and 5, to divide the space between i said stops into a groove or track X for the curtain fixture, and a s1m1lar groove or 5 track for the lower sash. Said stop 6, as

shown, is constructed of a metallic sheet or plate bent to provide" the stop, rectangular H. SCHROYER,

in cross section, integral, with which is a.

wardly to provide a free spring lip or flange 9, which extends to near the flange 7, and bears at all times with considerable pressure against the outer face of the sash. Fixed at one edge to the outer face of the sash is a cover plate 10, the free edge of which extends over the guard plate 8. Said plate 10 is somewhat resilient, and at all times exerts a yielding pressure on said guaigd plate 8 sufiicient to prevent the escape f moisture past the same, and, together with the spring flange 9 of the guard plate 8, affords a double seal against dust and moisture.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 2

is identically the same as that before'described, except that the side rails of the sash are rabbetedto. receive the guard plate 8 and flange 9 therein, thereby permitting the cover plate 11, which corresponds with the cover plate 10, before described, to be applied as a flat plate with the same 'eflect as before.

Where a wooden parting strip or stop 12 is used to provide the outer curtain stop and the inner sash stop, a plate of metal is rolled to provide a 'V-shaped strip, the outer side 13 of which may be concaved or bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, to facilitate fastening the same in place, and the inner resilient flange 14 of which depends laterally and bears against the sash, as before described. The cover plate 10, beforedescribed, then is secured on the outer face of the sash to engage over the outer side 13 of said plate to seal the same.

If the same also is construct' inwardly against the stop 6 at all times, the same acting as a spring though its pressure is insuflicient to interfere with the sliding of the sash. The cover plate 10 or 11 at its free edge engages over the guard. plate 8, and as the sash constantly is forced inward by the action of the resilient flange 9, said cover plate 10 or 11 necessarily is forced thereby into close relation with said-guard plate 8 thereby providing a most effective outer seal. And this sealing contact of the cover plate 10 or 11 with the guard plate 8 is aided by the inward pressure of the air upon the window when .the car is in motion.

The operation of the construction illustrated in Figs 4 is substantially identical with that before described, the inner stop 12 for the window in this construction being shown as constructed separately and of wood, or of any other suitable material. The same double sealing efi'e'ct and the resilient bearing of the sealing flange 14 against the window sash assures, however, substantially the same results as before described.

While I have shown and described my improved construction as applied to a window, it will be understood that it may be applied equally well to a sliding door construction.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with'a window frame, and a sliding sash fitting loosely therein so as to have inward and outward play, of a guard plate secured to said frame, a cover plate on the sash overlapping said guard plate and unobstructed on its outer surface to permit said inward and outward play of the sash, and resilient means acting between the sash and guard plate to force said sash inward so as to hold said guard plate and cover plate in close relation.

2. The combination with a sliding window gaging the outer face of said guar sash, and its frame, of inner and outer window stops on said frame between which saidsash is disposed, a guard plate secured to said frame and projecting beyond said outer stop and overlapping the outer face of said sash, a cover plate on said s sh enplate, and resilient means acting between the sash and guard plate and secured to one of the same for holding said sash against its inner stop and for holding said guard and cover plates in close relation. v

3. The combination with a sliding window sash, and its frame, of inner and outer win-. dow stops on said frame between which said sash is disposed, a guard plate secured to said frame and projecting beyond said outer stop and overlapping the outer face of said sash, said plate being bent inwardly to provide a free spring tongue which bears against the outer face of said sash, and a cover plate secured to said sash and at its free end engaging the outer faceof said guard plate.

4. The combination with a sliding window sash, and its frame, of inner and outer stops on said frame between which; said sash is disposed, a guard plate secured to said frame and projecting beyond said outer stop to overlap the outer face of said sash and again.

bent inwardly to provide a free spring tongue which bears against said outer face of said sash, and a removable cover plate secured to said sash and at its free end engaging the outer face of said guard plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. 'HARRY H. SOI-IROYER.

Witnesses LAWRENCE REIBSTEIN, CHARLES W. HILLs, Jr. 

